1. (adj) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Synonyms: inherited, genetic, communicable, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, catching, hereditary, patrimonial, familial, transmissible, contractable, transmitted Antonyms: noninheritable, nonheritable, noninfectious
2. (adj) familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
Synonyms: familial, genic, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, hereditary, genetical, patrimonial, inherited, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted, catching Antonyms: noninheritable, noninfectious, nonheritable
3. (adj) ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
Synonyms: familial, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, hereditary, catching, patrimonial, inherited, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted Antonyms: noninheritable, nonheritable, noninfectious
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